Appian Way E-bike Tour with Catacombs & Lunch

Highlights

• Guided visit to the Catacombs of San Callisto
• Ancient Appian Way route
• High-quality e-bike included

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Porta San Sebastiano

   20min

   An imposing southern gateway to the city of Rome. The Porta di San Sebastiano, part of the Aurelian Walls built around 275 AD, also marks the beginning of the historic Via Appia Antica. Be enchanted by its beauty and discover the numerous medieval graffiti that testify to the flow of pilgrims over the centuries.

2. 2

   Catacombe di San Callisto

   1h

   Visit to the official funerary complex of the Church of Rome. The largest underground cemetery in the city with corridors that reach a length of about 20km. The catacombs of St. Callixtus, a sacred place dating back to the second century BC, take their name from the deacon Callixtus I. More than 50 martyrs and 16 popes and half a million Christians were buried here.

3. 3

   Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella e Castrum Caetani - Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica

   20min

   This majestic mausoleum is a pagan tomb dedicated to Cecilia Metella, dating back to the 1st century BC. Incorporated into the Castrum Caetani, it remains the best preserved mausoleum on the Via Appia Antica. Here you can also appreciate the remains of the medieval house of the wealthy Caetani family and the church of San Nicola of which only the perimeter walls remain standing

4. 4

   Appian Way (Via Appia Antica)

   1h

   Discover the secrets that have remained hidden for centuries by descending 40 feet through a Roman quarry. We will tell you a story that has not been told for a long time. Silent but fascinating tunnels that once housed ancient Roman catacombs were later transformed into air raid shelters during the Second World War;

5. 5

   Appia Antica Archaeological Park

   1h

   Enjoy a Roman Lunch in a local restaurant in the heart of the Appian Way

6. 6

   Villa dei Quintili e Santa Maria Nova - Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica

   20min

   At the fifth mile of the Appian Way you can admire the remains of the majestic Villa dei Quintili belonging to the brothers Sesto Quintilio Condiano and Massimo Valerio, consuls in the second century AD, killed by Commodus I who confiscated the villa making it imperial property.

7. 7

   Ninfeo di Egeria

   20min

   Let yourself be enchanted by this sacred place that tells the love story between the Nymph Egeria and the second King of Rome Numa Pompilius, where Egeria, learning of the death of her beloved, burst into tears from grief and gave life to a spring.

8. 8

   Parco degli Acquedotti - Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica

   40min

   In this park nature, art and history converge. Discover the epitome of Rome as you ride our professional electric bikes through the lush meadows and fascinating archaeological sites of the Appian Way.

Before you go

Location